The Best Melee Build in Cyberpunk 2077

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Cyberpunk 2077 offers a lot of playable diversity as far as how to build and specialize their character. Although it might be obvious already, players looking to build a melee Cyberpunk 2077 character should put most of their focus on the Body and Reflexes attributes. If the player is also interested in stealth, they should consider setting aside a few points for the Cool attribute and perks.

Each of the attribute trees have two to three subsections. Within Body, the most important trees to a melee build in Cyberpunk 2077 are Athletics and Street Brawler. Athletics deals more with how fast the player is and their Stamina and Health Pools, while Street Brawler deals almost exclusively with Cyberpunk's Blunt Weapons. Depending on the player's interest and playstyle, they may want to overlook the Street Brawler tree and instead invest in Reflexes Blades tree, which is almost exclusively dedicated to blade-based attacks. Players looking for good perks to accentuate their Cyberpunk 2077 melee build should consider the following:

Best Cyberpunk 2077 Melee Build Perks - Athletics

Cyberpunk 2077 V holding a glowing sword over her head.

Perk	Requirement	Effect	Stackable?
Regeneration	n/a	Player's health slowly regenerates while in combat	No
Gladiator	n/a	Reduces the amount of stamina consumed from blocking melee attacks by 20%	2
Invincible	Body Level 5	Increases the player's max health by 10%	3
True Grit	Body Level 5	Increases the player's max stamina by 10%	3
Steel & Chrome	Body Level 9	Increases melee damage by 10%	2
Like a Butterfly	Body Level 11	Dodging no longer drains the player's stamina	No
Cardio Cure	Body Level 12	The player's health regenerates 25% faster while they move	No
Marathoner	Body Level 14	Sprinting no longer drains stamina	No
Dog of War	Body Level 15	Increases the player's health regeneration while in combat by 15%	2
Wolverine	Body Level 16	The player's health will regenerate 50% faster during combat	2

Best Cyberpunk 2077 Melee Build Perks - Street Brawler

Perk	Requirement	Effect	Stackable?
Flurry	n/a	Increases the damage dealt from combos with blunt weapons by 30%	3
Crushing Blows	n/a	Increases the damage dealt from strong attacks with blunt weapons by 30%	3
Dazed	Body Level 4	All blunt weapon attacks gain a 15% chance to stun the target	2
Rush	Body Level 5	Causes successful attacks with blunt weapons to regenerate health by 3% for two seconds	2
Opportune Strike	Body Level 8	Increases the player's damage dealt with blunt weapons against stunned enemies by 50%	No
Reinvigorate	Body Level 10	Defeating an enemy with a strong blunt weapon attack will now restore 10% of the player's stamina	3
Payback	Body Level 10	Increases the player's damage dealt with blunt weapons by 1% for each percent of health they are missing	3
Frenzy	Body Level 15	Defeating an enemy will increase the player's damage dealt with blunt weapons by 100% for 10 seconds	No
Unshakable	Body Level 18	Successful blunt weapon attacks against stunned enemies will restore 5% of the player's health and stamina	3
Guerrilla	Street Brawler Level 20	Increases the player's critical damage by 60% for 10 seconds after entering combat	Increases power by 2% each level

Best Reflex Perks For Cyberpunk 2077 Melee Builds

Perk	Requirement	Effect	Stackable?
Flight of the Sparrow	n/a	Reduces the stamina cost of all attacks with blades by 30%	2
Sting Like a Bee	n/a	Increases attack speed with blades by 10%	3
Crimson Dance	n/a	Combos with blades gain a 15% chance of applying bleeding to the target	2
Offensive Defense	n/a	Defensive attacks with blades deal 200% more damage	2
Roaring Waters	n/a	Strong blade attacks deal 30% more damage	3
Blessed Blade	Reflex Level 10	Increases the critical chance by 20% with blades	0
Bloodlust	Reflex Level 12	Wielding a blade recovers 7% of the player's health when either applying bleeding or hitting a bleeding target	2
Float Like a Butterfly	Reflex Level 12	Dodging increases the damage dealt with blades by 25% for five seconds	2
Judge, Jury, and Executioner	Reflex Level 15	Increases the damage dealt with blades by 50% against enemies with full health	3
Fiery Blast	Reflex Level 15	Increases damage dealt with blades by 1% for each percent of their health pool missing	3
Deathbolt	Reflex Level 18	While wielding a blade, defeating an enemy will restore 20% of the player's health and increase their movement speed by 30% for five seconds	No
Crimson Tide	Reflex Level 18	Bleeding applied by a blade attack can be stacked up to three times	No
Dragon Strike	Blades Level 20	Increases critical damage with blades by 25%	Increases 1% each level

The Best Cyberpunk 2077 Melee Build Stealth Perks

V from Cyberpunk 2077 stealthily hides in an alley

Perk	Requirement	Effect
Crouching Tiger	n/a	Increases movement speed while sneaking by 20%
Strike from the Shadows	n/a	Increases critical chance by 15% while sneaking
Dagger Dealer	n/a	Allows the player to throw knives
Cutthroat	Cool Level 9	Thrown knives deal 30% more damage
Venomous Fangs	Cool Level 14	All knives apply poison to the target
Silent Finisher	Cool Level 16	Enemies with less than 15% health are instantly defeated when attack with a knife.
Ninjutsu	Cool Level 20	Crouching attacks with melee weapons deal 100% more damage and guarantee a critical hit